During that dark period of history known as the Middle Ages, the name of Coulomb was first used in France. While the patronymic and metronymic surnames, which are derived from the name of the father and mother respectively, are the most common form of a hereditary surname in France, occupational surnames also emerged during the late Middle Ages. Many people, such as the Coulomb family, adopted the name of their occupation as their surname. However, an occupational name did not become a hereditary surname until the office or type of employment became hereditary. The surname Coulomb was an occupational name for a keeper of doves or pigeons having derived from the Old French word "colombe," which means dove.

Coulomb Early History

Coulomb Early History

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Coulomb Early Notables (pre 1700)

Coulomb Early Notables (pre 1700)

Notable amongst the name was Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer, in 1492 he departed from Palos de la Frontera, the Santa María ran aground on Christmas Day 1492, he had to leave 39 men behind, in September 1493 he left with a fleet of...

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The Great Migration

The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Coulomb Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Charles Auguste Coulomb settled in Philadelphia in 1850

Contemporary Notables of the name Coulomb (post 1700)

Contemporary Notables of the name Coulomb (post 1700)

Charles Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist, eponym of the "coulomb", a unit of electric charge

Guérard, Albert Léon. France: a Modern History. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1959. Print.

Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.

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